by design | Feb 18, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Judge Mansfield of Texas By Ray Hill Joseph Jefferson Mansfield was originally christened “Beauregard” but as his father, born in 1807, died fighting for the Confederacy the younger Mansfield’s name was changed to honor his late father. A slight man with a full head...
by design | Feb 18, 2024 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
In search of the Crockett family A Day Away by Mike Steely We are so fortunate to live in an area that has so much state and national history. Within a few miles of Knoxville, you can easily visit several places that have taken part in the history of the Crockett...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Finding My Roots By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com My youngest granddaughter is named Haley. Her mother was in Tennessee’s MBA program and went with me to visit Alex Haley – a fellow University of Tennessee faculty member – at his farm in...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Three Movies I Think You Would Enjoy By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com During most of my working career I very seldom ever went to a movie theater and only rarely watched one on television. However, there are two fairly recent movies, “Phantom of the Open”...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Chaos We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of Earth. Abraham Lincoln By Dr. Jim Ferguson It was December 1862 and the war was not going well for President Abraham Lincoln. Elected just two years before, he was the first president of the newly formed...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Major
God’s Great Love By Ralphine Major It is often celebrated with cards and candy, special dinners, and red roses. The short month of February brings the much-anticipated Valentine’s Day holiday. Love. Songs and stories have been written about it; movies have been made...
